Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Redlining (1937- )
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (1908- )
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Allensworth, California
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Theophilus Lewis (1891-1974)

Explore Global African History

Certificate of Freedom for Samuel Birch, Book of Negroes, 1783
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Henry Washington (ca. 1740-ca. 1801)
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Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (1922-2012)
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(1885) General Act of the Conference of Berlin
Elizabeth Catlett and Husband Francisco Mora, ca. 1950
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Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

NIH Poster on Race and Mental Illness
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Mental Illness in Black Community, 1700-2019: A Short History
Hattie Cantry and Members of the Hotel and Culinary Workers on Strike
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
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Russia’s Black Entertainment Empresario: The Remarkable Saga of Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas (Frederick Bruce Thomas)

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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